tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 04 16:38:25 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Bad Klingon in Trek novels (and the like)
> The poster, at least, recognises that the translation is off.
Good of him, that ... and I can certainly understand why a person would use a machine translator when all they want to do is share a message with some friends. (I've even told some jatlhlaHbe'wI'pu' who've asked me on the subject: Klingon machine translations are very, VERY seldom "correct". If that bothers you, then don't use them. If it doesn't: Have fun!)
Very unfortunate, though, when it makes it into an official text, such as a novel or even an episode (Worf: <SoS jIH batlh SoH.>). It "breaks the spell" for me; at least for a while.
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From: De'vID [[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 23:30
To: tlhIngan-Hol
Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Bad Klingon in Trek novels (and the like)
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Felix Malmenbeck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just thought I'd share this little excerpt from "Star Trek: Cast No Shadow"
> with you all, to highlight the dangers of word-by-word translations:
> [...]
> "MaghwI' chuH ghobe' QIb," said the voice.
> [...]
> How about you? Got any gems to share with us?
I just now read a word-by-word translated Klingon sentence. It's
nothing special, and normally I would've just forgotten about it, but
I'll link to it since you coincidentally just raised the topic:
https://plus.google.com/109144550836263453221/posts/iXWgP6Vt7H6
"jIH tul Hoch 'oH ghajtaH [a] QaQ [Friday] Pardon my klingon
translation if it's wrong."
The poster, at least, recognises that the translation is off.
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De'vID
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